Car-fender



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- S. A. POLITZKY.

GAR FENDER.

Pat'ented Mar. 31, 1896.

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CAR FENDER.

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SIMON A. POLITSKY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

CAR-FENDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 557,226, dated March31, 1896.

Application filed August 2, 189 5.

below the platform and are controlled by mechanism on the platformoperated by an attendant.

The invention has for its object to provide certain improvements infenders of this class whereby the fender, while normally held inposition to encounter and safely land a person in a standing position,may be quickly adjusted to position to catch a person lying upon thetrack.

The invention consists in the improvements which I will now proceed todescribe and claim.

Of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,Figure 1 represents a longitudinal section of a portion of the platformof a street-car and a fender embodying my invention applied thereto, thefender being in its raised position. Figs. 1 and 2 represent perspectiveviews of the fender-locking devices. Fig. 2 represents aview similar toFig. 1, showing the fender depressed. Fig. 3 represents a View similarto Fig. 2, showing the fender depressed bya diiferent movement of theoperating-lever shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 4 represents a view similarto Figs. 2 and 3, showing a pedal for releasing the fender andpermitting its downward movement. Figs. 5 and 6 represent perspectiveviews of parts of the fender or guard.

The same letters of reference indicatethe same parts in all the figures.

In the drawings, a represents the platform of a street-car, and b bbrackets affixed to and projecting downwardly from the platform.

0 represents a casing or holder which is provided at its ends withtrunnions c c j ournaled in bearings at the lower ends of the brackets19. With the holder 0 is engaged the fender,whioh is composed of twosections or parts 6 e, pivoted or jointed together at 6 so that theforward part e can swing vertically. The part c of the fender is formedto be inserted in the holder 0, the part e projecting forward from theholder, the joint or hinge 6 being located Serial No. 558,011. (Nomodel.)

Springs e are shown as in- The said forward part e is preferably aboxlike structure having a grated bottom which may be composed offlexible metal strips. To the forward end of the portion 6 is applied aroller 6 arranged to bear upon the ground when the fender is depressed.Above the roller 6 is a rubber guard or buffer e extending across thefront of the fender to cushion the blow of the fender against a personencountered by it.

f represents an arm which is pivoted at f to an ear 9 affixed to theplatform, the rear portion of said arm being bent downwardly andlaterally to form a dog f Figs. 1 and 2, extending crosswise of theplatform and standing in the path of a shoulder it formed on an arm h,which is affixed to the casing or holder 0.

WVhen the fender is in the position shown in Figs. 1 and 1, the dog fengages the shoulder h and holds the fender in said position through thearm h. When the arm f is depressed, as shown in Figs. 2 and 2 the dog ffalls below and releases the shoulder it, thus permitting the fender toswing downwardly.

' The arm f may be depressed by any suitable means, and is preferablyreturned to its operative position by a spring, so that it is normallyin position to engage theshoulder h.

In Figs. 1, 2, and 3 I show a lever f afiixed to the arm f andprojecting upwardly therefrom in front of the fender, said lever bearingagainst the inner side of another lever 1 which is pivoted at i to abracket on the platform and projects below said pivot, so that it may besaid to have an arm above the pivot and another arm below it. When thelonger arm of the lever 2' is moved inwardly toward the dasher of thecar, as shown in Fig. 2, it presses the arm f inwardly and thusdepresses the arm f and dog f When the longer arm of the lever i ismoved outwardly the platform and the lever f from the dasher, as shownin Fig. 3, its shorter arm presses the arm f inwardly, with the sameresult. j is the spring which normally holds the arm f and dog f inOPGILlElX G position, said spring being interposed between I also show apedal 70 movable vertically in the platform, its lower end beingarranged to bear upon the arm f, so that when the pedal is depressed bythe foot of the motorman the dog f will be also depressed and the fenderwill therefore be released.

It will be seen that whenever the fender is released, as abovedescribed, it will swing downwardly in its bearings, so that its forwardend or the shoulder e thereon will bear upon the pavement, the jointedconnection between the two sections of the fender enabling its forwardportion to rise and fall, and thus accommodate itself to irregularitiesof the pavement, the spring 6 constantly pressing the fender downwardlyagainst the pavement.

The fender may be raised by hand to reengage the shoulder h with the dogJ" and restore the fender to the position shown in Fig. 1.

It is obvious that the pedal 70 and lever i may be used conjointly ifdesired, and that when this is the case the motorman has a choice ofthree movements by which to release the fender, namely: first, anoutward movement of the lever i; secondly, an inward movement of thesaid lever, and, thirdly, a movement of the pedal is.

The fender constructed as above described is set forth in anotherapplication for Letters Patent of the United States filed by me May 20,1895, Serial No. 549,873.

The two-armed lever 7; may be dispensed with, as shown in Fig. 4, thepedal 7c being relied upon to displace the dog.

In Fig. 3 I show the lever f extended i11- wardly through the dasher andprovided with a head f arranged to be pressed by the knee of themotorman.

I claim 1. The combination with a car, of a fender having trunnionsjournaled in bearings affixed to the car and provided with anupwardly-projecting shouldered arm, a dog mounted on the platform andarranged to normally engage said arm and thereby hold the fender in araised position, a lever rigidly connected with said dog and projectingupwardly in front of the platform, and a twoarmed lever pivoted to theplatform and bearing against the first-mentioned lever, said two-armedlever being adapted to dis place the dog by a movement in eitherdirection, as set forth.

2. The combination with a car, of a fender having trunnions journaled inbearings affixed to the car and provided with an upwardly-projectingshouldered arm, a dog mounted on the platform and arranged to normallyengage said arm and thereby hold the fender in a raised position, alever rigidly connected with said dog and projecting upwardly in frontof the platform, a twoarmed lever pivoted to the platform and bearingagainst the first-mentioned lever, said two-armed lever being adapted todisplace the dog by a movement in either direction, and a pedal movablein the platform and arranged to depress the dog.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses, this 25th day of July, A. D.1895.

SIMON A. POLITSKY.

Vitnesses:

A. D. HARRISON, E. BATCHELDER.

